The people are the foundation.

The people are the center, the subject, the goal, the driving force, and the resource of development. However, in practice, there are still some cadres and Party members who exhibit detachment from the people, indifference, and insensitivity towards them. These manifestations are obstacles, causing difficulties in the implementation of the Party's resolutions and policies, failing to achieve the desired results, and eroding the people's trust. This is a limitation that needs to be resolutely overcome to further enhance the leadership capacity and fighting strength of our Party.

General Secretary To Lam presents the Report of the 13th Central Committee of the Party on the documents submitted to the 14th Party Congress. Photo: VNA.

Since its inception, the most crucial factor enabling our Party to successfully fulfill its mission of leading the Vietnamese nation and people through countless difficulties and challenges to achieve national independence, unify the country, and bring the country to its current level of development is the Party's unwavering trust, support, and companionship with the people.

During the resistance war, despite being tortured, beaten, and threatened with death by the enemy, the people in the temporarily occupied areas resolutely refused to betray cadres and Party members, because they knew that these were people wholeheartedly devoted to the country and the people. Under the leadership of the Party, our people were filled with revolutionary fervor with many slogans and movements such as: "If the vehicles haven't passed, we won't hesitate to sacrifice our homes," "Not a single grain of rice is lacking, not a single soldier is lacking"...

After liberation, the country faced countless difficulties, including encirclement, embargoes, and an economy devastated by war and the mistakes of the centralized, bureaucratic, and subsidized management system. Despite the hardships, the people, understanding the revolutionary qualities of the Party, maintained unwavering faith in it, wholeheartedly supporting it, and diligently implementing its resolutions. This led to the country's remarkable transformations. It is this people's trust and love, and the unity and solidarity of the entire nation, that have created the unparalleled strength of our Party, our State, and our regime.

However, with the advent of the market economy and its many temptations, a significant number of cadres and Party members have lost their revolutionary moral qualities, their ideals have faded, and they no longer maintain the spirit of service. Many cadres and Party members, when encountering the people, adopt a condescending and arrogant attitude like "revolutionary officials," creating all sorts of difficulties and then trying to extort money.

These officials and party members are very proactive and enthusiastic when it comes to matters of personal gain, but indifferent to those that don't bring much benefit. They are insensitive to the hardships of the people. They conceal the truth, hide information, and ignore the legitimate concerns, aspirations, and sincere suggestions of the people. They always "sugarcoat" their performance reports, always applaud and praise excessively regardless of reality, preventing high-ranking officials from understanding the situation. Along with this are manifestations of vested interests in policy and lawmaking.

Policies and laws should ideally originate from real life and serve the people, but many are illogical, causing chaos and bottlenecks. As a result, people often feel harassed in administrative agencies, failing to perceive them as places that should serve them. People resent corrupt practices, leading to a lack of trust in officials and civil servants, and failing to recognize that "officials are servants of the people."

In recent times, our Party has intensified the fight against corruption, negative phenomena, waste, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the ranks of cadres and Party members. Many high-ranking officials have fallen from grace due to corruption and negative phenomena, facing Party disciplinary action and criminal prosecution. This demonstrates the strictness of Party discipline and the law, and contributes to strengthening the people's trust.

However, what the people have always hoped for is that the effectiveness of the fight against corruption, negative practices, and waste must be reflected in the quality of service provided to the people by the administrative system. People must be served better, more comfortably, and more easily. All acts of harassment, corruption, and negative practices must be prevented and punished appropriately. Policies and laws must be for the benefit of the people, consistent with the realities of life and Vietnamese culture. Because rigid policies and laws that lack empathy for the difficulties of the people are difficult to implement and cause negative reactions in society.

Recently, tasks such as streamlining the political system, implementing a two-tiered local government model, and digital transformation have been directed and implemented very decisively, with the goal of better serving the people, saving resources, and reducing obstacles to promote faster national development.

However, the new system, new processes, and new personnel require time to adapt and cannot be implemented smoothly immediately. Therefore, officials and Party members should frankly and boldly report on the actual situation, and then propose solutions to make work smoother and better serve the people. The most dangerous thing is when officials and civil servants turn a blind eye, constantly reporting that everything is "okay," "okay," while there are still areas, tasks, and places that cause inconvenience and frustration for the people.

The report of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on the documents submitted to the 14th Party Congress, presented by General Secretary To Lam - Chairman of the Presidium of the Congress and Head of the Document Subcommittee, highlighted the overarching ideology in the documents and also the source of strength of the Vietnamese revolution: The people are the foundation. The people are the center, the subject, the goal, the driving force, and the resource of development. All guidelines and policies must aim to improve the material and spiritual lives of the people; ensure the people's right to self-governance; respect, listen to, and rely on the people. The Party must be closely connected with the people, wholeheartedly serve the people, be subject to the people's supervision, and be accountable to the people for all its decisions.

The report affirms that the people's trust in the Party does not come from words, but from actions, from the impartiality and integrity of officials, from the efficiency of the system, from fairness in benefits, from the results of protecting legitimate rights and interests, and from the timely and thorough resolution of legitimate grievances of the people and businesses.

The report analyzes the situation, concluding that: “Never before has the aspiration for a democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy Vietnam been as close to us as it is today; but never before have we faced so many challenges, so many demanding requirements, and so much competitive pressure as we do now.” From this, the report emphasizes that, entering this new phase, we must focus even more on building a strong foundation of public support. A strong foundation of public support ensures strong national defense and security; a strong foundation of public support allows reforms to be carried out effectively. With a strong foundation of public support, any difficulty can be overcome, and any challenge can be resolved, just as President Ho Chi Minh taught: “A hundred times easier without the people's support, nothing can be achieved; a thousand times harder with the people's support, everything can be accomplished.”

From there, the report emphasized that: “Every delegate attending the congress, every cadre and party member nationwide, when studying the documents, should ask themselves: What benefit does this bring to the people? Will it increase people's trust? Will it improve people's lives? Will it make the country stronger and wealthier? If the answer is unclear, further refinement is necessary, because every decision is only meaningful when it is supported and approved by the people and brings tangible benefits to them.”

The report presented by General Secretary To Lam resonated with the people and frankly pointed out the issues that the entire Party needs to address more effectively in the next term. The next term is one in which the Party needs to pay more attention to building a "people's support base." It is necessary to rectify manifestations of indifference, apathy, and blind compliance regardless of reality and the feelings of the people.

Party officials and members must think truthfully, speak truthfully, act truthfully, and achieve genuine results so that the people can truly benefit. Only by doing so can the ongoing reforms be implemented effectively, development goals be achieved, and our country and our regime become stable.

Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/phong-chong-tu-dien-bien-tu-chuyen-hoa/dan-la-goc-1022604